Who is Coffy?Years ago, Coffy and his family moved to Chicago from Haiti. Coffy wasalready a successful, gifted musician and he and his wife, Yakini,have since become highly-trained and innovative daycare providers.They currently run a very successful, fun, quickly growing daycare inChicago, called "La Grande Famille".

What will my donation be used for?Jean Paul Coffy (or Coffy as we call him) and members ofthe Ajanaku-Coffy have an immediate need to locate, aid, and rescuetheir family members in Haiti. Coffy has left his home in Chicago andis in Haiti right now. He's in need of basic supplies while hesearches for family and friends and helps others in desperatecircumstances: food, clean water, transportation, and medicalsupplies. We currently collect donations via PayPal and wire the moneyto him in Haiti. Those of us involved in organizing are volunteers, sothe only overhead is a 3% surcharge by PayPal. The transfer fee toHaiti, as of 1/20/2010 has been waived by Western Union. Thus, 97% ofeach donation is given directly to Coffy. In the long-term, we hopethis effort will grow to aid in the rebuilding effort.

What is the status of this effort as "non-profit"?This project began shortly after the earthquake in Haiti, and wehave not taken the necessary steps to have non-profit status conferredon us. As this movement grows and we turn our attention towardlong-term efforts to help rebuild Haiti, we hope to make it possibleto write-off donations to this project as one would donations tocharity.